| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| In desperation | Newsday | 23 Aug 2025 |
| Work at home, drinking relatively badly | ||
| In a desperate way | ||
| Critically, disastrously, weirdly failing to start | ||
| In a desperate manner | Universal | 16 Aug 2020 |
| In the worst way | ||
| With great urgency | USA Today | 13 Jan 2018 |
| With great urgency | ||
| Dracula's first count to bite one horribly | The Telegraph Toughie | 28 Sep 2017 |
| With great urgency | LA Times Daily | 22 Apr 2016 |
| With desperation | ||
| With desperation | ||
| In desperation | ||
| In desperation | ||
| With ominousness | ||
| In desperation | ||
| In desperation | ||
| In a frightful way | ||
| Ominously. | ||
| In a terrible way | ||
| Desperately |